Manchester is all about four things; Food & drink (as you will have seen from the blog so far), Music, Sport and Shopping!
Sport is a huge part of Mancunian life with the bitter
rivalry between two of England’s great clubs, United & City. A tour of both
the Trafford and Etihad stadium is well worth a visit for any footy fan. As, of
course, is the National Football Museum which is open 7 days a week and home to
the World’s greatest football collection with over 140,000 items to see.
Hosting the 2002 Commonwealth Games left a lasting sporting legacy in the city
as well as fantastic venues like the City of Manchester Stadium, the Manchester
Velodrome, the National Squash Centre and the Manchester Aquatics Centre. Rugby
League is extremely popular in the North West so it’s worth checking out a game
if you can, as well as a match at the 155 year-old Old Trafford cricket ground,
one of the most famous in the world!
For a city which gave us the likes of Oasis, The Chemical
Brothers, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and Simply Red, music is a big deal here.
You will find live music played regularly in hundreds of bars & pubs across
the city. For big names in the music industry, a must-stop is the Phones4U
Arena (or the Manchester Arena) - one of the busiest music venues in the world.
The Royal Northern College of Music is found here too so there is endless
talent – international, national and local – being played!
Of course, shopping is a huge draw for anybody coming to
Manchester. There are two massive shopping malls, the Arndale and Trafford
Centre. The two massive complexes contain hundreds of shops including the big
names. Trafford Centre is the 2nd biggest shopping centre in the UK boasting
Europe’s biggest food court and the UK’s busiest cinema. The Arndale is the 6th
biggest shopping centre in the UK but the most visited with 41 million visitors
each year. Be sure to check out Exchange Square, King Street and the Northern
Quarter for more boutique style shops – in Manchester, you really are spoilt
for choice!
No comments:
Post a Comment